genteel
Example Sentences
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Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.
Ottawa is known for ice skaters on the frozen Rideau Canal and a generally more genteel style of politics than that in the United States.
From Los Angeles Times
Canadian politics may in fact be more genteel than in many other places, but not because Canadians are innately kinder.
From New York Times
As a kid, Shepard favored punk rock and skateboarding over the more genteel pastimes of the South.
From Washington Post
Civility, they said, is a quaint remnant of a genteel past.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
